CEO of German energy giant Uniper: Europe still faces natural gas supply challenges.

Turkish Finance Minister: Gulf countries show interest in investment.

CEO of German energy giant Uniper: Germany’s budget crisis poses a challenge to the energy transition.

Turkey’s Finance Minister: The budget deficit in 2023 may be lower than predicted in the medium-term plan.

Turkish Finance Minister: Domestic demand will gradually stabilize during rebalancing.

Market news: The Danish central bank will issue new banknotes and cancel the 1,000 Danish kroner note.

Spot gold fell back below $2,040 per ounce, down 0.20% on the day.

Kremlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a large annual press conference on December 14 and take questions from the public.

Vietnam has lowered the price of RON-95 gasoline by VND34 per liter.

Israeli military: Air infiltration is suspected in the north.

According to the Iranian Student News Agency: The defense ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia welcomed increased cooperation.

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME): The official selling price of Oman crude oil in January was US$83.17/barrel, down US$6.62 from US$89.79/barrel in December.

Polish Central Bank Member LITWINIUK: Polish interest rates will remain unchanged at least until March next year.

Polish Central Bank member LITWINIUK: Under the current CPI level, there is no room for interest rate cuts.

US Geological Survey: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in the South Sandwich Islands.

Russian Ministry of Transport: Navigation restrictions at Black Sea ports remain in effect due to bad weather.

Market news: Germany ordered the development of a climate action plan.

Hong Kong SAR Government: The first batch of about 100,000 doses of the new generation XBB variant mRNA vaccine has arrived in Hong Kong.